Because of a tropical storm (Rafael) in the Northern part of the Caribbean Sea there was almost no wind and as there were also almost no big waves along the Nothern shore of Curaçao. A good opportunity to go diving at that side of the island. My buddy Rob and I went to Playa Canoa. The road to that dive site is much improved because the new wind mills needed to be transported over that road.
Shore diving is reasonably easy at this site. There are two options to enter the water; either you jump from the cliff to the East of the bay or you enter the water in the bay. The latter is what we did because it is easier and because I wanted to go to the left.

Recently my buddy and I decided to go for a night dive. It was quite some time ago since we did this. The dive lights were recharged and the photo camera and strobes were prepared. We met at 9 PM at the dive site. Around 9:30 PM we entered the water. Because we hoped to see some coral spawning we decided to go for a long and shallow dive.

Vaersenbaai aka Kokomo Beach is the home of one of the two dive sites with historical car wrecks under water. In my opinion this site has nicer car wrecks than the other site at Marie Pampun although that site has also other objects than cars to look at.

My buddy Rob, his friend Reinier and I decided to visit the car pile at Vaersenbaai. It was a long time ago and the sea was calm. The latter is important because a long surface swim (20 - 25 minutes) is required to reach the location of the wrecks. This is not something you want to do when there are large waves.

In the past there was a buoy to show the correct location but that buoy is long gone. Under water the large concrete block is still visible though. You need to go a few minutes past that concrete block.

On May 4th and May 11th my dive buddy Rob and I wanted to go diving at Director's Bay. Unfortunately on both days there appeared to be no guard. Leaving the cars unprotected was something we didn't want to do so we went both times to Marie Pampun. Apart from a very easy entry into the water, a nice reef shallow as well as deep there is also the car pile.

On May 4th we did our normal routine except that we went deep before we reached the small boat wreck. That is were we normally go from about 18 meters to about 30. This time by going deep before the boat wreck we reached the large trailer at 38 meters depth and went shallower from there. We saw that there were some other wrecks behind and deeper than the trailer so on May 11th we decided to go specifically for these wrecks.

For some time I had heard about a Seahorse at Vaersenbay but I was never able to take a closer look. This Saturday I went with a student for her third dive in the Open Water course. I knew exactly where the seahorse was located but it still took some time to actually see it. It is a small seahorse and it is attached to some soft coral but on the inside of a small bush. So it is not easily visible; I went back later that day with my camera and it took me quite some effort to take a good picture of it.
The seahorse is in shallow water (about 10 feet) in front of the beach.
In the neighborhood is also a kind of underwater oasis. The surroundings are all sand but there is a small stone base on the sand with a lot of coral on it. This oasis attracts a lot of fish. It is a perfect spot for snorkelers because is can be easily seen from the surface and it is within reach if you dare to dive down. For divers it is a perfect spot to take a safety stop at the end of a dive.